The robot, MEDI, short for Medicine and Engineering Designing Intelligence, which is equipped with facial recognition, cameras and can speak 20 languages, comforts children in doctor’s offices as they undergo medical procedures.

U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey says investigators traced the digital footprints of the hackers who attacked Sony Picture Entertainment’s computer systems last year and leaked data online through emails and IP addresses used by North Korea’s government.

Everything, including Biometrics, can be hacked. Last year, German hackers lifted and recreated prints from the surface of Apple’s Touch ID. Other hackers used digital photography to do the same. The lesson is that biometrics should not be the sole method of ID verification.

Sam Greenhalgh of U.K.-based RadicalResearch says Super Cookies can track users browsing the Internet privately by using the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) that restricts browsing to encrypted connections. He says data stored by HSTS about visited sites can be used to fingerprint and track the browser, regardless of the privacy mode.

Sony’s Computer Entertainment division says the launch of its PlayStation 4 gaming console, which was scheduled for release in China on January 11, has been delayed, partially due to prolonged negotiations with Chinese authorities.

Aida Akl is a journalist working on VOA's English Webdesk. She has written on a wide range of topics, although her more recent contributions have focused on technology. She has covered both domestic and international events since the mid-1980s as a VOA reporter and international broadcaster.